In her 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood describes a future after humanity had been almost entirely wiped out by a plague. Jimmy, aka Snowman, lives...
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I really liked this book especially because of its powerful images....what really lingered in my mind was an image of our hero standing "on top of the world" at the end of the book. The way the story is presented to a reader, mix of generations and beautiful descriptions of Balkan are what kept me wide awake throughout the book...all in all very interesting piece of writing
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fanika, June 7, 2007
I really liked this book especially because of its powerful images....what really lingered in my mind was an image of our hero standing "on top of the world" at the end of the book. The way the story is presented to a reader, mix of generations and beautiful descriptions of Balkan are what kept me wide awake throughout the book...all in all very interesting piece of writing(8 of 15 readers found this comment helpful)